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Master Henry "Cardinal of England, Bishop of Lincoln" Beaufort
(Abt 1374 - 11 Apr 1447)
[[Category:House of Beaufort]] [[Category: Lord Chancellors of England]][[Category: Diocese of Lincoln]][[Category: Bishop's Waltham Palace]]
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==DIsputed Parentage==Prior to her marriage to John Cherletin, Alice Arundel was reputedly mistress to Henry Beaufort who later became Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Chancellor of England, Cardinal Bishop of Winchester, Cardinal of England and Privy Councillor. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', vol IV, page 114 This assertion is argued against on the basis of ages, locations, and, thus, access to each other in this paper.Brad Verity, A NON-AFFAIR TO REMEMBER – THE ALLEGED LIAISON OF CARDINAL BEAUFORT AND ALICE OF ARUNDEL Foundations (2004) 1 (4): [http://fmg.ac/phocadownload/userupload/foundations1/issue4/246Beaufort.pdf 246-268] Richardson has not commented on the facts of this argument. Thus, in this profile we are following Richardson's work.
==Biography==
Titles of Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Lincoln: (Royal Ancestry)
:Canon of Lincoln 1389
:Canon of York 1390
:Dean of Wells 1396
:Canon of Salisbury 1397
:Chancellor of Oxford University 1397
:Bishop of Lincoln 1398
:Lord Chancellor of England 1403-5, 1413-17, 1424-6
:Cardinal Bishop of Winchester 1404:Cardinal-Priest of the titular church of St. Eusebius (commonly called Cardinal of England) 1426
:papal legate for Germany, Hungary and Bohemia 1427
:Privy Councillor
It is said that [[FitzAlan-626|Alice Arundel]] (and Henry) had an illegitimate daughter, Joan (or Jane), who became the wife of Edward Stradling, Knight of St. Donat's Castle, Wales. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', vol IV, page 114
== Burial ==Henry died at Wolvesey Place, Winchester on 11 April 1447.King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/26-582/ [Accessed: 15/12/2020] Inquisition Post Mortem Henry, late cardinal of England and bishop of Winchester 1448 His heir was his great neice [[Beaufort-52|Margaret Beaufort]].
He was buried in the chantry-chapel of the retro-choir in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, as instructed by his will dated the previous year. A drawing of his coffin made in the early 16th century shows Henry Beaufort's coffin draped in cloth of gold with a white cross and bearing a funeral effigy complete with mitre and cardinal's hat. There are no records for his monument, which was almost certainly planned before his death. His 1446 will records that the position of the tomb had already been chosen, and that the tomb was to be enclosed by a chapel with three monks celebrating mass three times daily for his family.
The bishop's monument was erected to the south of the Winchester retrochoir, and immediately south of the position selected for the new shrine of St. Swithun. Beaufort's chantry is freestanding within the Winchester retrochoir. Henry Beaufort's tomb today comprises a painted, wooden effigy, effigy-plinth, and heraldic Purbeck marble tomb-chest. The effigy, depicting the bishop wearing a cardinal's hat and robes, with hands clasped in prayer is not original. An account made in 1635 records the bishops image fashioned in wood and 'Brasse', suggesting an effigy of copper-plate. The Winchester effigy was most likely stripped of metal by Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops in 1642. Tomb-chest metal decorations were probably also stripped by Cromwell's troops in 1642 and were replaced sometime after 1789.
== Sources ==
* '''"Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. I. page 197''': Note: Henry Beaufort, Cardinal of England, allegedly by a mistress, Alice Arundel. ['''descendant of King William the Conqueror'''].
* '''Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. II p. 613'''
* '''Royal Ancestry 2013 by Douglas Richardson Vol. III, page 498'''
* '''Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. V p. 52-55'''
* '''Royal Tombs of Medieval England M. Duffy 2003 p. 238-241'''
: See also:* Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, (2011), Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), volume IV, page 114.* Note: 1. Bishop of Lincoln 1398, Bishop of Winchester 1405, Cardinal St.Eusabius 1417, Lord Chancellor. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI,p.39,noteg & p.53, note c * [https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-1859?rskey=JfojPE&result=2 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Beaufort, Henry (called the Cardinal of England) (1375?–1447) G. L. Harriss]
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==DIsputed Parentage==Prior to her marriage to John Cherletin, Alice Arundel was reputedly mistress to Henry Beaufort who later became Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Chancellor of England, Cardinal Bishop of Winchester, Cardinal of England and Privy Councillor. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', vol IV, page 114 This assertion is argued against on the basis of ages, locations, and, thus, access to each other in this paper.Brad Verity, A NON-AFFAIR TO REMEMBER – THE ALLEGED LIAISON OF CARDINAL BEAUFORT AND ALICE OF ARUNDEL Foundations (2004) 1 (4): [http://fmg.ac/phocadownload/userupload/foundations1/issue4/246Beaufort.pdf 246-268] Richardson has not commented on the facts of this argument. Thus, in this profile we are following Richardson's work.
==Biography==
Titles of Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Lincoln: (Royal Ancestry)
:Canon of Lincoln 1389
:Canon of York 1390
:Dean of Wells 1396
:Canon of Salisbury 1397
:Chancellor of Oxford University 1397
:Bishop of Lincoln 1398
:Lord Chancellor of England 1403-5, 1413-17, 1424-6
:Cardinal Bishop of Winchester 1404:Cardinal-Priest of the titular church of St. Eusebius (commonly called Cardinal of England) 1426
:papal legate for Germany, Hungary and Bohemia 1427
:Privy Councillor
It is said that [[FitzAlan-626|Alice Arundel]] (and Henry) had an illegitimate daughter, Joan (or Jane), who became the wife of Edward Stradling, Knight of St. Donat's Castle, Wales. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', vol IV, page 114
== Burial ==Henry died at Wolvesey Place, Winchester on 11 April 1447.King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/26-582/ [Accessed: 15/12/2020] Inquisition Post Mortem Henry, late cardinal of England and bishop of Winchester 1448 His heir was his great neice [[Beaufort-52|Margaret Beaufort]].
He was buried in the chantry-chapel of the retro-choir in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, as instructed by his will dated the previous year. A drawing of his coffin made in the early 16th century shows Henry Beaufort's coffin draped in cloth of gold with a white cross and bearing a funeral effigy complete with mitre and cardinal's hat. There are no records for his monument, which was almost certainly planned before his death. His 1446 will records that the position of the tomb had already been chosen, and that the tomb was to be enclosed by a chapel with three monks celebrating mass three times daily for his family.
The bishop's monument was erected to the south of the Winchester retrochoir, and immediately south of the position selected for the new shrine of St. Swithun. Beaufort's chantry is freestanding within the Winchester retrochoir. Henry Beaufort's tomb today comprises a painted, wooden effigy, effigy-plinth, and heraldic Purbeck marble tomb-chest. The effigy, depicting the bishop wearing a cardinal's hat and robes, with hands clasped in prayer is not original. An account made in 1635 records the bishops image fashioned in wood and 'Brasse', suggesting an effigy of copper-plate. The Winchester effigy was most likely stripped of metal by Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops in 1642. Tomb-chest metal decorations were probably also stripped by Cromwell's troops in 1642 and were replaced sometime after 1789.
== Sources ==
* '''"Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. I. page 197''': Note: Henry Beaufort, Cardinal of England, allegedly by a mistress, Alice Arundel. ['''descendant of King William the Conqueror'''].
* '''Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. II p. 613'''
* '''Royal Ancestry 2013 by Douglas Richardson Vol. III, page 498'''
* '''Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. V p. 52-55'''
* '''Royal Tombs of Medieval England M. Duffy 2003 p. 238-241'''
: See also:* Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, (2011), Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), volume IV, page 114.* Note: 1. Bishop of Lincoln 1398, Bishop of Winchester 1405, Cardinal St.Eusabius 1417, Lord Chancellor. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI,p.39,noteg & p.53, note c * [https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-1859?rskey=JfojPE&result=2 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Beaufort, Henry (called the Cardinal of England) (1375?–1447) G. L. Harriss]
Events
| Birth | Abt 1374 | Meurthe-et-Moselle, France | |||
| Death | 11 Apr 1447 | Wolvesey Palace, Winchester, Hampshire, England | |||
| Reference No | 414954 | ||||
| Reference No | 430999 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | John "Duke of Lancaster" Plantagenet KG (1340 - 1399) |
| Mother | Katherine Roet (1350 - 1403) |
| Sibling | Joan Beaufort LG (1375 - 1440) |
| Sibling | Sir John "1st Earl of Somerset" Beaufort KG (1371 - 1410) |
| Sibling | Thomas "Duke of Exeter, Earl of Dorset" Lancaster KG (1377 - 1426) |